Hank Azaria

Born

April 25, 1964 (61 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (/born April 25, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Superintendent Chalmers, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, Professor Frink, Kirk Van Houten, Duffman, and formerly Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Lou, Carl Carlson, among others. Azaria joined the show with little voice acting experience, but became a regular in its second season. For his work on the show, he has won four Primetime Emmy Awards.

Alongside his continued voice acting on The Simpsons, Azaria became more widely known through his live-action supporting appearances in films such as Quiz Show (1994), Heat, The Birdcage (1996) (for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award) and Godzilla (1998). He has also appeared in numerous films including Mystery Men (1999), America's Sweethearts (2001), Shattered Glass (2003), Along Came Polly (2004), Run Fatboy Run (2007), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) and The Smurfs (2011) and The Smurfs 2 (2013). Further voice roles include Anastasia (1997), for which he won an Annie Award.

His live-action television work includes recurring roles on the sitcoms Mad About You and Friends, as well as dramatic roles in the TV films Tuesdays With Morrie (1999) as writer Mitch Albom and Uprising (2001) as Jewish resistance leader Mordechai Anielewicz. For the former, Azaria received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He starred in the title roles in the Showtime drama series Huff (2004–2006) and the IFC sitcom Brockmire (2017–2020). His recurring role on the drama Ray Donovan earned him a sixth Primetime Emmy Award in 2016.

Azaria made his Broadway debut as Lancelot in Spamalot, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He returned to Broadway in 2007, playing David Sarnoff in The Farnsworth Invention.

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Known For

8.0

Heat

The Electric State

Perplexo (voice)

6.5

2025

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

Moe (voice)

6.9

2024

The Simpsons Funday Football

Moe (voice)

0.0

2024

Hail to the Breadsticks!

Self

0.0

2024

The Idol

Chaim · (4 episodes)

5.4

2023

Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"

Chief Wiggum (voice)

5.9

2023

Hello Tomorrow!

Eddie Nicholls · (10 episodes)

6.1

2023

Out of the Blue

Jock

5.7

2022

Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

Self

10.0

2022

Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Tim Cook · (1 episode)

6.8

2022

The Simpsons in Plusaversary

Moe Szyslak (voice)

6.5

2021

Maniac

Hank Landsberg (voice) · (3 episodes)

7.4

2018

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

Self · (1 episode)

7.5

2018

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

Carl / Umpire / Wiggum / Moe / Apu (voice)

8.3

2017

The Wizard of Lies

Frank Dipascali

6.6

2017

Brockmire

Jim Brockmire · (32 episodes)

6.8

2017

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Danny Stevens · (1 episode)

8.1

2017

Planet of the Couches

Moe Szyslak / Comic Book Guy (voice)

5.7

2016

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Srul Katz

5.5

2016

Bordertown

Bud Buckwald · (13 episodes)

5.2

2016

Tears of Joy: 2015 New York Mets

Himself

0.0

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self · (1 episode)

6.4

2015

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

(1 episode)

6.4

2015

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Self · (1 episode)

5.3

2015

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self · (2 episodes)

5.3

2014

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Self · (1 episode)

4.0

2014

I Know That Voice

Self

7.1

2014

Timms Valley

Chaz Babcock

6.2

2013

The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow

Gargamel (voice)

6.8

2013

Lovelace

Jerry Damiano

6.0

2013

The Smurfs 2

Gargamel

5.7

2013

Ray Donovan

Ed Cochran · (2 episodes)

7.5

2013

FOX 25th Anniversary Special

Moe Szyslak (voice) (uncredited)

7.3

2012

Billy on the Street

Self · (1 episode)

6.6

2011

The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

Gargamel (voice)

6.7

2011

Happy Feet Two

Mighty Sven (voice)

6.2

2011

Free Agents

Alex Taylor · (8 episodes)

4.6

2011

The Smurfs

Gargamel

5.8

2011

Hop

Carlos / Phil (voice)

5.8

2011

Backwash

Self

0.0

2010

Conan

Self · (1 episode)

7.1

2010

Love & Other Drugs

Dr. Stan Knight

7.0

2010

Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story

Self

6.2

2010

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

5.1

2009

Year One

Abraham

5.0

2009

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Kahmunrah / The Thinker / Abe Lincoln

6.1

2009

Immigrants (L.A. Dolce Vita)

Joska (voice)

5.1

2008

Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices

Himself

5.8

2008

Chicago 10

Abbie Hoffman / Allen Ginsberg (voice)

6.0

2008

Monty Python Conquers America

Self

6.5

2008

Run Fatboy Run

Whit

6.2

2007

The Simpsons Movie

Professor Frink / Comic Book Guy / Moe / Chief Wiggum / Lou / Carl / Cletus / Bumblebee Man / Male EPA Worker / Dome Depot Announcer / Kissing Cop / Carnival Barker / Counter Man / Apu / Drederick Tatum / Sea Captain / EPA Passenger / Robot / Dr. Nick / Wise Guy (voice)

7.0

2007